Steel box-car.



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STEEL BOX CAR. (Application led Jan. 3, 1902. Benewed Aug. 27, 1902.)

(No Model.)

l WJTNESSES.'

UNITED- STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. KILBOURNE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE KILBOURNE AND JACOBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A COR- PORATION OF OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,329, dated September 16, 19102.

Application filed January 3, 1902. Renewed August 27. 1902. Serial No. 121,174. (No model.)

T all tlf/tom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. KILBOURNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the-county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have Ainvented certain new and useful Improvements in Steel BOX-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct an open-top box-car having a bridge extendas ing from end to end thereof, with a movable cover for said car extending from said bridge tothe respective sides of thepcar, and means mounted upon the bridge for manipulating said cover, said bridge being constructed in the form of a housing for .said manipulating means, whereby the vcar may be loaded at either side from the top.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a steel box-car embodying" my inven- 2o tion. Fig. 2 is a transverse Vsection of the same, parts being broken away.VA Fig. 3 is a section on the line A A, Fig-1, and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view showing the method of connecting the side and end plates of the car.

1 represents an open-top box-car constructed entirely of steel or other desired'material.

2 is a permanent bridge extending from end to end of the car, the edges of said bridge being turned down atan angle, as at 3, there- 3o by forming depending ledges.

4 is a-truss-iron suitably secured near the edges of the bridge by means of the bolts or rivets 5 and in the center of the bridge by means of thebolt or'rivet 6;

7 is a suitable Stringer or sleeper suitably secured on the truss-iron, and 8 represents planks secured to thesleeper, said planks extending the length of the car and forming a run or foot board.

9 represents standards suitably bolted to the bridge 2, to which is connected a suitable hand-rail 10, extending the'length of the car.

11 represents shafts suitably mounted in the ends of the car, and 12 represents grooved 45 Apulleys. iixed to said shafts near the ends of the car.

13 represents shafts also journaled in the ends of the car on each side of the center thereof, said shafts having squared ends upon which asuitable crank` or other operating means is adapted to lit.

14` represents grooved pulleys rigidly keyed to each end of the shafts 13 within the car in alinement with the grooved pulleys 12.

15 is an endless belt secured around the pulleys 12 and 14.

16 represents steel plates of suitableoutline in cross-section, the inner ends of which are bent upward, as at 17, said plates forming movable tops or covers for the car. These movable covers are secured, by means of the bolt 18 near their outer end, to the endless belts l5. 19 is an antifriction-roller mounted upon a shaft journal in the center of the car and running longitudinally thereof. The

'ends of these movable covers slide under a guard-plate 20 and over a plate 21, said plates 2O and 21 forming a runway for said covers. The plate 21 has a depression or groove 22, within which the endless belt 15 is adapted to move and be guided.

. From the above description it will be seen -that either side of the car may be uncovered by operating the shaft 14, which communicates motion to the endless belt 15, thereby drawing the cover or top from one side of the car toward the other side under the bridge,

thus opening the top of the car at one side, the roller 19 supporting the `weight of the moved section in its open position.

' It will thus be seen that I provide a boxcarfthat can be used for hauling coal and obviate thepresent practice of hauling coal by means ofa loader through the door or side of a car.

I claim- Y' 1. A railway-car comprising an open-top body, a bridge extending from end to end thereof, a movable cover and means for moving said cover from one side of the car to the other under the bridge.

2. A railway-car comprising an open-top body, a cover consisting of sect-ions adapted to slide upon each other, and a bridge extending from end to end of the car to form a permanent runway and a housing for the meeting edges of the cover, said cover sliding under the bridge.

3. A railway-car comprising an open-top body, a bridge extending from end to end thereof, a movable cover, an endless belt secured to said cover and means to operate said belt.

4. A railWay-car'comprising an open-top body, a bridge extending from end to end thereof, a cover consisting of a series of sections each extending from the bridge to a side of the car and movable from side to side beneath said bridge, and plates overlapping the meeting edges of said sections.

`5. A railway-car comprising an open-top body, a bridge extending from end to end thereof, a cover consisting of a series of movabley sections, an endless belt connected to each of said sections, a guide-plate in which said belts are fitted and a plate overlapping the adjacent edges of the said sections.

6. A railway-car comprising an open car, a bridge extending from end to end thereof, a movable cover adapted to slide under said bridge, an endless belt connected to said cover and means for operating said belt.

The foregoing specification signed this 12th day of December,kl901. 4

JAMES R. KILBOURNE.

In presence of GEORGE B. KILBOURNE, CLYDE E. ROTH. 

